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Canada: G20 Summit Will Bring Congestion to Toronto

Date: June 16th, 2010 |

The G20 Summit will take place in Toronto June 26-27 and tightened security will make moving around downtown difficult. Street closures will be enforced in the core area around Metro Convention Center on Front Street and police will have the authority to close roads and highways with 15 minutes’ notice. Travel to and from the [read more]

Canada: Going to the Olympics? Make Sure You Have No DUIs on Your Record

Date: January 6th, 2010 |

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U.S. citizens and legal residents heading to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics could get a nasty surprise at the border if they have been convicted of drunk driving in the past decade. Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) convictions are criminal offenses that make travelers inadmissible to Canada. Even DUIs that were plea-bargained to [read more]

Canada: Bed Bugs Plague Toronto, Vancouver

Date: November 12th, 2009 |

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Bed bugs have been turning up in many cities around the world, but they seem to have taken a special liking to Toronto, where a report funded by the city and the Ontario health ministry showed 1,500 reports of bed bugs in Toronto over eight months in 2008. In 2003 there were just 43 reports. [read more]

Canada: Toronto Garbage Strike Raises a Stink

Date: July 1st, 2009 |

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A strike by 24,000 municipal workers in Toronto shut down parks, recreation programs, ferry service and garbage collection June 22. The strike entered its second week with negotiations continuing but no end in sight. Meanwhile, garbage was piling up around bins and residents were dumping their trash at 19 temporary dump sites, including city parks. [read more]

Canada: No End in Sight to Ottawa Transit Strike

Date: January 15th, 2009 |

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Ottawa’s transit strike continued into its sixth week with no end in sight when a federal mediator failed to get the two sides back into negotiations Jan. 13. The strike has shut down the city’s bus system and left residents to fend for themselves. Some who have returned to their cars for commuting vowed not [read more]

Canada: Special Expedited Courts to Serve Olympics Tourists

Date: January 27th, 2010 |

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British Columbia authorities have put in place an Olympics expedited court to handle prosecution of minor crimes that occur during the Olympic Games. The temporary court system’s purpose is to resolve all minor crimes within two weeks in the hope that international visitors will not have to remain in Canada longer than they had planned [read more]

Canada: Carry-On Items Restricted for All U.S.-Bound Flights

Date: December 30th, 2009 |

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Canadian officials banned most carry-on luggage for flights to the U.S. in an effort to reduce backlogs at security checkpoints. Since the Christmas Day attempt to explode a smuggled bomb on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, tightened security at Canadian airports has thrown air service into chaos, with dozens of flights canceled or delayed. [read more]

Canada: Road Closures Begin (Already!) for Winter Olympics in February

Date: October 21st, 2009 |

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Road closures will begin Nov. 1 in Vancouver to prepare residents for the 21st Winter Olympics, which will be held in the city and surrounding area Feb. 12-28. To prevent gridlock during the games, authorities plan to convince locals to use public transit and avoid traveling into Olympic venues during peak hours. The Nov. 1 [read more]

Canada: Vancouver Thieves Break Out the Condiments

Date: April 22nd, 2009 |

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In a time-honored scam, a group of well-dressed thieves in Vancouver is using ketchup and mustard to rob unsuspecting tourists. The thief surreptitiously slops some of the condiments on the victim’s jacket, alerts him or her to the mess, and offers to help clean it off. In the process of taking off the jacket and [read more]

Canada: Transit Strike Shuts Down Ottawa

Date: December 24th, 2008 |

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A strike by 2300 bus drivers, mechanics and dispatchers has shut down public transit in Ottawa since Dec. 10 and negotiations have failed to produce an agreement over who will control the drivers’ scheduling and route assignments. The union feels it should make those decisions and the city says it needs to do so to [read more]

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